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Friday, 6 November 2009

Here it is............

....... my Disappearing Nine Patch top:

I love it, and can't wait to put my frame up again and get it quilted.

This afternoon I was chatting to my friend Bilbo, and she said I should include some comments about sizes, so, being a very obedient person (yeh, yeh, stop laughing, Bilbo) here are my thoughts about sizes. Overall, this top measures 48 x 60 inches, which is a good size for a lap quilt. The original blocks were made at 12" square, so when they were cut up, each piece measured 6" square. Originally I had planned to use blocks at half this size, but after making a few, I decided they were too small. It was going to make a very busy quilt with a lot of small blocks, so I restarted with different sized blocks. I have added 2 borders, the dark green is 1" wide and the final one is 4". If you want to see what the quilt would have looked like with the small blocks, made to the same overall size of the one I have done, here is a diagram:

10 comments:

I've just posted a couple of pic of my disappearing 9 patch. I'm adding the sashing (I think) but this setting looks fun too. I'll have to do some playing on the design wall before I commit. Your fav quilt is beautiful!